Improvement in candle-burners



G. H0 L LISTER.

Candle-Burner. v 1 3 333 Patented 0ct.5,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE HOLLISTER, OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANDLE-BURNERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,333, dated October9, 1875; application filed September 5, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HOLLISTER, of Quincy, of the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Candle-Burners; and do hereby declare the same to befully described in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 denotes a vertical section,and Fig. 2 an elevation, of a burner with my improvement. Fig. 3 is atop view of it as it appears Without its removable top or cap.

My invention relates mainly to a means by which the surplus meltedmatter of the candle is prevented from passing into the candle andspring-guide tube, and is discharged into a receiver surrounding thecandle-tube.

In the drawings, A denotes the candle-guide tube, extending up from abase, B, and surrounded at its upper part by a trough, G, containing anannular packing or ring, a, of sponge, felt, or other suitableabsorbent, which projects somewhat above the tube A. Extending aroundthe trough O, and concentric with it and the tube A, is awaste-reservoir, D, open at top, there being within it, and fixed to thetrough 0, three elastic clasps, E E E, arranged as shown. They serve tohold in place, by clam ping its periphery, an insulator, F, which is acircular ring of wood, having its upper surface conical, as shown at b,and its bore cylindrical, as shown at c, and conical, as shown at d. Thebore is intended to nearly fit the candle when in the supporting-cup e,that rests on an elevating-spring, f, arranged within the candle-tube A,as represented. The insulator F corresponds in diameter with thepacking-trough, and it serves not only to protect the candle from heat,but to receive the waste melted matter flowing from the candle, andconduct or discharge it down into the receiver D. The cap of the burneris shown at G. It supports the short wicktube H, which extends through aforaminous cup, f, arranged in the upper part of the said cap. The cap Gsurrounds and fits upon the top of the receiver D, and is held theretoby a bayonet connection.

In the place of the insulator F,I have heretofore used a conical flexilepacking-ring, inverted or dishing in form, so as to surround and holdthe liquid flowing from the candle, such being as shown in my Patent No.151,698, granted June 9,1871. Such ring does not serve to receive theliquid or waste and discharge it into a receiver, as does my presentinsulator.

I claim-- 1. In combination with the candle-burner provided with thewaste-receiver D, surrounding its candle-tube, the insulator F,constructed to receive the waste of the candle and discharge it into thesaid receiver.

2. The candle-burner provided with the waste-receiver D, series ofclasps E, and the insulator F, all being constructed and arrangedsubstantially as, and to operate as, specified.

GEORGE HOLLISTER.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, J. R. SNOW.

